#DD995E#DD995E

#DD995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD995E
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 19.33, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 45.25, 64.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0544 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.111 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2330, 38.9662, 15.8318)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD995E #5EA2DD

analogous

#DD5E63 #DD995E #DDD95E

triadic

#DD995E #5EDD99 #995EDD

tetradic

#DD995E #63DD5E #5EA2DD #D95EDD

square

#DD995E #63DD5E #5EA2DD #D95EDD

split-complementary

#DD995E #5EDDD9 #5E63DD

monochromatic

#9F5C22 #D2792C #DD995E #E8B991 #F2D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#DD995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD995E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD995E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb78d',
    500: '#dd995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd995e;
$custom-light: #ebb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.874,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73757,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD995E

secondary

#B4CDE3

accent

#79CD19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD995E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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